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On the last Friday of each month, Mr. Butcher has special groups come greet the students in the morning as they arrive at school. Today the Apalachee High School football players and cheerleaders were outside and in the halls to welcome the kids. Some of the cheerleaders even came by our room to see the students who were overwhelmed by the crowds in the hall!

We have been learning about animal parents and babies and know that birds lay eggs in nests and baby birds hatch out of the eggs. This week, we conducted a science experiment to see what kind of nest would best protect an egg.

We made three types of nests – a cotton nest, an egg carton nest and a balloon nest. Each student made a guess or *hypothesis* about whether or not each nest would protect the egg.

our three nests

Dr. Mays put an egg in each nest and dropped it. Which nest do you think kept the egg from breaking?

After we conducted our experiment, we organized our data into a chart and used that chart to make a conclusion. We compared our conclusion to our hypotheses to see if we were correct.

Our conclusion was that cotton nests protect eggs. Egg carton nests and balloon nests do not protect eggs. This is good because birds can’t blow up balloons or cut egg cartons to make their nest but they can find soft things to build their nest out of!

The first few days of school we worked on garden stones and a birdhouse to put outside our fire door by our weather station. Now when we check the weather each morning we can also enjoy our colorful decorations and hopefully some beautiful birds! Later this year we will plant some flowers outside also.

COMMUNITY HELPERS

To start off our unit on community helpers, today each student got to choose an occupation that they might want to do when they grow up. We then talked about where someone with that job would work, what they would do, and what things they would need to do their job.

Malik dressed as a police officer. Police officers work at the police station and drive police cars. They help keep us safe and make sure people in the community follow the rules and obey the laws. They have handcuffs, walkie-talkies, a badge and weapons.

Aaron is dressed as a firefighter. They put out fires. Firefighters drive firetrucks and work at the fire station. They wear heavy uniforms, oxygen tanks, boots, a mask and a hat. They also use an ax and a firehose.

Colt is dressed as a dentist. Dentists work at the dentist’s office and they help us take care of our teeth. Dentists use toothbrushes and floss to clean our teeth. They also use a mirror to look in our mouth and a tool called an explorer to examine our teeth.

Preslee is dressed as a teacher. Teachers work in schools and help students learn new things. They use lots of things like pencils, scissors, books, computers, whiteboards, flashcards and markers to teach children how to read, count, and do many other things.

Last but not least – Lili is dressed as a veterinarian. Vets work at animal hospitals and help animals when they are sick or hurt. A veterinarian uses a stethoscope to listen to animal’s heartbeats. They give animals medicine and shots to help them get better. They also tell us how to keep our pets healthy.

ART

This year we have a new art teacher, Ms. Kretzer. Today was our first day in art class and we got to play with shaving cream! We got to practice drawing lines and shapes and writing letters.

my former students go to specials with us, too!

Hungry Hippos

In the afternoons, Shyler and Ashton (peer buddies from last year) come over from the middle school to help my students work on social skills. Today we all played Hungry, Hungry Hippos 🙂

A new school year! My class was split into two classes this year so four of my former students are now across the hall in a new class. I also had two graduate to middle school which leaves me with five students starting off the year. Luckily we will be going to lunch and specials with the other class so I still get to see my “old babies” at least twice a day.

Here are my current students on the first day of the 2017-18 school year!

The last two years I have been very VERY bad about updating the class blog. As a matter of fact I’m not sure I posted at all last year. I had a very large class, a new baby, and not enough time.

This year my daughter is two so I’ve adjusted to the “working mom” thing, my class has only five students and I have two paraprofessionals, so my goal is to get back to regular posts on the blog … so stay tuned!